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An experienced natural history and botanical illustrator, Lizzie’s work appears in books and magazines around the world, on postage stamps and mugs.
She lives very happily in Hay on Wye, and works her garden studio surrounded by plants and birds.
“ I am passionate about the natural world and love learning about the plants and animals I illustrate. ”
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Montserrat is unbelievably beautiful. So friendly, too.
The hillsides are covered with mango trees and the pretty #Bushtea or #Quickstick #Gliricidia septum.
Such a treat to see it in real life, and such a relief that it looks more or less like my #sciart #botanicalillustration of it!
The last photo is of Isles bay where we swam under a sky of diving pelicans, royal terns, a brown booby, and a distant frigate bird. Heavenly.
New blog out, this one is all about the diversity of fruit types in the Rose, or Rosaceae family:
https://lizzieharper.co.uk/2025/02/rosaceae-fruit/
It follows on from my blog the other week about how you can recognize members of this wildflower family.
So if you want to be able to tell your drupelets from your pomes, your false fruits from your aggregate fruits, your endocarp from your exocarp, not to mention knowing where to locate a swollen receptacle (and I bet you have one in your home), then have a read.
It`s a lot to take in, but hopefully the pictures will make it a little less tricky.
#rosacea #botany #botanicalterms #wildflowers #wildflowerart #fruits #botanicalillustration #botanicalart #roses #Rosefamily #sciart
New real-time film out of me doing a botanical illustration of the Daisy Bellis perennis a couple of weeks ago.
https://youtu.be/TJZZV6DU7zI
The film shows me adding watercolour to my pencil drawing of the common daisy, explaining my techniques, colour mixing, equipment, and approach as I get on with the painting. I also touch on the anatomy of the plant, and talk a bit about thefolklore of daisies.
As usual, I struggled with the autofocus a bit (its impossible to turn off on my phone!) but hope I edited out the worst of the blur...
Make a nice cup of tea and take a watch. Unusually for me, this one comes in at just under an hour (instead of closer to 2!), so feel free to use it as a bit of an escape from the flurry of day to day life and the news cycle
#botanicalillustration #howtopaint #stepbystep #daisy #bellisperennis #wildflowers #watercolour #watercolor #artlessonsonline
This week`s blog is another in my series of Wildflower families.
This time it`s the turn of the Rose family, Rosaceae:
https://lizzieharper.co.uk/2025/01/wildflower-families-rosaceae-the-rose-family/
My blog covers the variety of this family, which includes plants as diverse as plums to piri-piri burs, as well as roses.
It also discusses the anatomy & botanical features that unite members of this family, and touches on the incredible variety of fruit types in the Rosaceae.
#roses #apples #Rosefamily #rosaceae #botanicalillustration #botanicalart #wildflowers #botany #sciart
Brooklime Veronica beccabunga botanical illustration, completed for Field Studies Council, for their identification guide to plants of waterways and riverside.
This is one of my favourite aquatic plants and one of my favourite latin names of a plant.
#Veronica #veronicabeccabunga #brooklime #aquaticplants #botanicalillustration #sciart
Galleries
“ “Botanical artist Lizzie Harper produces meticulous watercolours of flora and fauna in her celebrations of nature” ”
Original Artwork Available to Buy
Framed Original Animal Illustrations (10)
Framed Original Landscape Illustrations (2)
Framed Original Plant Illustrations (17)
Framed Original Sketchbook Illustrations (2)
Sold Botanical & Animal illustrations (283)
Unframed Original Animal Illustrations (41)
Unframed Original Illustrations: Other (22)
Unframed Original Landscapes (13)
Unframed Original Pen and Ink Illustrations (218)
Unframed Original Plant Illustrations (457)
Unframed Original Sketchbook Studies (58)
“ Lizzie has consistently impressed me with her skill, professionalism and attention to detail ”
Links to Lizzie's Workshops, Exhibitions, Cards, and Prints
Lizzie's latest Posts and Blogs
Wildflower families: Rosaceae, the Rose family
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- 11 Church Terrace . Hay-on-Wye . Herefordshire . HR3 5EE . UK